Hey Paulo, the playa has been well invaded already sadly like the borg they seem to just assimilate us and send us back to defaultia full of burner spirit ready to invade again (with no mre success) I know of a few South london burners coming over this year (me and ninzy) so you can always come find us at barbie death camp if you need to hear an accent from blighty. Have a blast dude

FREE THE SHERPASBurners with torches is right and natural and just.-fishy.CATCH AND RELEASE.

As you can see from this thread, our current policy of Mutual Assured Drunkeness (MAD) has been an abject failure. Although we've managed to ply the invaders with enough alcohol to forget about the invasion each time, most of them manage to sober up within 12 months and just invade again.

We should probably come up with a better plan for a long term solution to this dilemma.

PS - welcome.

Savannah: I don't know what it is, but no thread here escapes alive. You'll get 1 or 2 real answers at minimum, occasionally 10 or 12, and then we flog it until it's unrecognizable and you can't get your deposit back.

On a serious note (not to hijack the thread), is there much need for interpreters on the playa? Maybe the rangers or the medics need an interpreter sometimes? I'm fluent in Spanish (not such a rare skill) and I also know quite a bit of Japanese. I did fill out that bit on the volunteer questionnaire...

When he lights his streetlamp, it is as if he brought one more star to life, or one flower.When he puts out his lamp, he sends the flower, or the star, to sleep.That is a beautiful occupation.

I'm certain needs arise, although I don't think there's anything like a formal structure. I'm guessing Japanese is more useful, based on my interactions, stories I've heard, and just plain old eyeballing the demographics (i.e., highly inaccurate methods).I am that little uncomfortable to commenting on the medics' need, because of privacy concerns.

The Lady with a Lamprey

"The powerful are exploiting people, art and ideas, and this leads to us plebes debating how to best ration ice.Man, no wonder they always win....." Lonesomebri

graidawg wrote:Hey Paulo, the playa has been well invaded already sadly like the borg they seem to just assimilate us and send us back to defaultia full of burner spirit ready to invade again (with no mre success) I know of a few South london burners coming over this year (me and ninzy) so you can always come find us at barbie death camp if you need to hear an accent from blighty. Have a blast dude

Aha... I'm from Brixton, so not far from you supposed Londoners in Croydon.

I may well swing by your camp, probably to say "it's too hot" or something like that.

I know enough German to turn the Kraut Sauer, just enough Russian to start WW3, and enough Spanish to make Mexico want to re-invade the USA. I also speak enough Italian to pay my taxes, shoot a firearm, flirt with our local CFS officer (Forestry police) when he drives by (26, and is, no joke, Yggie hot!) and keep the power on, tho with an atrocious American accent.

Is also to help when one must be on alert to overthrow Burner Hostel encampments...